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Eureka 7 from Bones had really good timing, anticipation and one of the few anime that really makes use of slow in and slow out. The mecha flies on surfboards and they really animated the surfing action beautifully.

Gainax is the best animation studio technically in my opinion, they are they only studio that still uses exaggeration and squash and stretch extensively. Most of their work are great but FLCL, Top wo Nerae! 1 and 2 and Tengen Toppa Guren Lagann are the most impressive.

Gainax characters actually have jaws that move, and strong gestures, they are the closest of all anime to western animation. They also have good understanding of pace and camera angles.

Bones animations are usually very smooth, while Gainax is extremely dynamic. They have really good animators who make use of the low fps in anime. I'd say Bones really fill in their in betweens really well while Gainax have very well drawn key frames.

Have you seen the animations made by Miyazaki like Princess Mononoke.. They're great examples of hand drawn animation. I idolize the guy for his contributions to Japanese animation. They're all movies thought.

While Makoto Shinkai's works look spectacular, he displays very little in animation technique.

True,I hesitated but then put it in because while the thread title says "animation" the post itself says "high production value animes" and the very detailed backround art in Shinkai films qualify as high production values to me.

I especially like works from Production I.G, Studio Madhouse, Brains-Base, and sometimes Studio SHAFT. Neither Madhouse nor Brains-Base tend to the flashy, but their shows exude quality and attention to detail. Monster, Claymore and Mouryou no Hako are good examples of Madhouse works; for Brains-Base, I'd recommend Baccano!, Kurenai and Natsume Yuujinchou.

Shinbo's work at SHAFT often has a surreal quality to it. It's most pronounced in Madoka but appears as well in shows as different from Madoka as Hidamari Sketch and Bakemonogatari. Though I'm hardly an expert on things artistic, I believe Shinbo's work is heavily influenced by the "superflat" movement.